Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, I do not own Naruto and anything related to it. All the credit goes to the author of the Naruto series Masashi Kishimoto. The only thing I own are my OCs.
This is my first time writing a fanfic. Your reviews and criticism would be very much appreciated.
Prologue:
Somewhere in the Land of Fire
"This is bad…very bad. We're definitely surrounded." someone whispered in the darkness.
"What are we gonna do Taichou?" Another voice spoke softly.
"There is nothing much we can do, we are most definitely dead. Even though we have set some traps they won't help us much. I didn't expect these bastards to be bold enough to cross the borders into our country." Said the Captain of the team, sweat dripping from his forehead. "We need someone to act as a decoy, Konoha must know about this."
"Takeshi, how long do we have till they reach us?" Asked someone, his voice so low that it could've been mistaken for just a breeze.
"At the speed they are homing to our location? At most 2 minutes, we won't be able to throw them off either. They definitely have a sensor ninja with them." replied Takeshi grimly.
"Fuck!" the Captain cursed, then he took a moment to collect himself. He looked at Takeshi, their sensor. "Takeshi, listen carefully, you have to escape, we'll act as decoy-" "But Taichou there's no way I'll leave our team behind!" interrupted Takeshi, clearly outraged by the idea of abandoning his team.
"No! You are the only sensor ninja we have, the rest of us would have a hard time traversing through this darkness and don't forget that the enemy has a sensor ninja of their own." Rebuked the Captain of the team.
"But-" "No buts! We'll create an opening for you to make an escape. Reaching the village and informing Sandaime-Sama is of utmost importance for our village. Failure won't be tolerated. Do you understand?"
Having said his piece, the captain then turned around facing the direction where the enemies were approaching from.
"…Yes Taichou" Takeshi relented, tears threatening to fall.
"Also Takeshi…"
"Yes Taichou?" Asked Takeshi, having steeled his heart for the eventual demise of his team.
"Tell Takada…that I'm sorry and that I love her" Said the Captain, not looking at Takeshi.
"Y-Yes!" The tears spilling from his eyes. His eyes widened "Taichou! Those bastards are here!"
"Set off the traps!" ordered the Captain.
*BOOOOOM!!!!!!!*
Huge explosions were set off blowing smoke and debris everywhere. Screams of agony could be heard in the forest.
The Konoha shinobi used the element of surprise to rain down jutsu.
"ABOUT DAMN TIME YOU IWA BASTARDS! Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire" Suddenly a super heated stream of fire shaped as a dragon flew out of the Captain's mouth incinerating everything in its path. "Go Takeshi!!! Don't look back!!"
Takeshi, who was stunned by the Captain's jutsu, snapped out his trance and made a run for it.
"Team! Make sure none of these bastards escape from here! We'll drag them down to hell with us!" Yelled the Captain, boosting the team's morale.
"Yes Taichou!" Yelled the now invigorated team in reply.
Jutsus and kunai were being thrown everywhere. At first it seemed like the Konoha team was winning. Yet their advantage remained short lived. They soon got overwhelmed by the Iwa team that had a numerical advantage.
"Don't stop! Fight till your last breath!" Yelled the Captain in hopes of providing a second wind for his team.
"You bastards will pay for what you did to my teammates!" Exclaimed the Iwa shinobi, enraged at losing so many shinobi before the battle could begin properly. Yet even after such losses they still held the numerical advantage.
With Takeshi
'I cannot look back! I have to run. I cannot let their sacrifices go in vain' thought Takeshi, speeding through the tree lines hoping that he would reach Konoha before the Iwa shinobi catch up.
'I still can't believe they were bold enough to enter the land of fire and attack us so brazenly. But…how did they know our location?' Suddenly he felt an immense amount of chakra to his left. 'This…'
He suddenly changed directions, heading towards the immense chakra that he felt. Traversing for a few minutes he stumbled upon a clearing where he saw a campfire and 4 people surrounding it.
One of them looked towards Takeshi. "What happened? You look like shit" asked the unknown man.
The man looked to be in his late teens. Long crimson hair tied in a ponytail flowing down to his lower back. A fair face without any blemishes.
He wore black full sleeved shirt with anbu style pants tied at the ankles using bandages. Over the black dress was a Konoha jonin flak jacket and arm guard. Kunai holster tied to both thighs and another pouch tied to his hip. Lastly he had a Konoha headband tied around his forehead.
Takeshi fell to his knees "Satoru-sama! Iwa shinobi have attacked our team. You must save them!"
The readhead's eyes widened "Where?" He asked. "15 minutes southwest from here!" Said Takeshi "We don't know how they crossed the-"
Satoru stood up "Save that for the Hokage. I'll head there and check the situation." Pointing towards his team "You carry on with my team towards Konoha."
"But Lord Satoru-" Takeshi tried to interrupt.
"Don't worry about me. The Hokage must know about this immediately. We may have a potential war in our hands. Now go!"
Satoru disappeared from the clearing and sped towards the location provided by Takeshi 'I hope I make it in time'.
With the Captain
The battle raged on as the shinobi were having a brutal taijutsu bout.
"You bastards dare enter our homeland! Is the Tsuchikage this reckless?" Said the Captain trying to fish out any potential information. Suddenly he ducked from an overhead kick and jumped back creating distance.
"Reckless? No, Konoha is just a weak village that depended on Hashirama and Madara. Now that they both are dead alongside Tobirama, Konoha is at its weakest." Taunted the Iwa shinobi.
The Iwa shinobi had a massive body and seemed to be in his early 20s. He had spiky brown hair and green eyes. He wore a red shirt and brown pants over which he wore the standard Iwa jonin flak jacket which was brown in color. Overall he looked like any other regular Iwagakure jonin.
"But enough of this, I have wanted to kill you bastards for the humiliation we faced by your founding fathers and I'll be damned if I don't kill at least a thousand of you tree huggers!" Suddenly he stomped the ground.
The Captain's eyes widened 'Shit!' He cursed. Suddenly he got impaled by several rock spikes erupting from the ground.
*poof*
Only for the Captain's body to be replaced by a log.
"Tch substitution, not bad but not good enough either" Said the Iwa shinobi suddenly turning to his left and spat a fireball jutsu.
The Captain, seeing the fireball heading straight for him, went through some hand signs and erected a mud wall protecting himself from the jutsu.
'How did he know my location?! Maybe he is the sensor Takeshi talked about.' His thoughts were interrupted by the mud wall breaking into pieces and a hand reached for the Captain's throat.
The Captain pivoted on the spot and stabbed the reaching hand with a kunai, only for it to turn into mud.
'A mud clone!!' Thought the Captain and tried to make an escape but it was too late. A hand wrapped around his throat tightly choking him.
"Well well well, look what we got here. You were decent but you're nothing against the might of an Iwagakure shinobi." Said the Iwa shinobi, grinning watching his opponent try to squirm his way out.
Only for the captain to suddenly burst into water. 'A mizu bunshin? When did he substitute?' The Iwa shinobi thought.
"I'll admit, I underestimated you but I won't make the same mistake twice"
Suddenly the captain appeared from behind, already slashing the kunai in an arc towards the Iwa shinobi. 'I win' thought the Captain as he saw the Kunai hit the Iwa shinobi...only for it to get deflected. 'How?!'
"Earth Release: Iron Skin" said the Iwa shinobi and suddenly a clone of the Iwa shinobi burst out of the ground and grabbed the Captain in a vice grip. "No more running away for you bastard" spat the Iwa shinobi.
'Is this the end?' Thought the Captain 'At least I hope we bought enough time for Takeshi to reach Konoha'.
"Any last words? Not that I care." Said the Iwa shinobi raising his kunai to deal the final blow. The Captain stopped resisting and closed his eyes 'I guess…this is it' already accepting his death and awaiting the pain. "Die you Konoha scum!"
The other Konoha shinobi saw this and cried out "NO TAICHOU!"
*woosh*
'Huh…. Why didn't he kill me yet' thought the now confused captain. The pain never came yet a body fell down with a thud.
But it wasn't the captain's body, he opened his eyes and saw a silhouette standing in front of him exuding immense power and presence. 'Who-'
Before he could formulate a coherent thought the figure disappeared and appeared in a different place, already cutting down the Iwa shinobi there.
Then he saw it, blood red hair flowing through the wind silently making its way through the battlefield. Wielding a type of spear in hand.
'No way! It's him' Thought the now relieved Captain.
"Who the fuck is that? How did he move so fast?" Asked a bewildered Iwa shinobi still trying to grasp what just happened.
The figure spoke softly, the spear nowhere to be seen. "What are Iwa shinobi doing this deep inside the Land of Fire?" Then he weaved a single hand sign. "No matter, you won't linger here any longer. Water Release: Water Severing Wave"
Suddenly he spat a stream of extremely pressurized water that cut through several Iwa shinobi.
Few of them managed to dodge it and tried retaliating, only to find their feet sinking into the ground. "What?!" One of them exclaimed but a kunai pierced through his skull.
Another one had his skull crushed by what seemed to be a pair of Tonfa. Suddenly the earth beneath the mysterious figure opened up and swallowed him whole.
"We got that bastard!" Exclaimed an Iwa shinobi who was all the way in the back and unaffected by the jutsu.
Only to be wrapped by chains and then beheaded. Behind the Iwa shinobi was the same mysterious figure still shrouded in darkness with what seemed to be a Kusarigama, the Tonfa nowhere to be seen.
The figure disappeared once again but this time it was followed by screams from all around. It was a bloodbath. The scene looked like it was taken straight out of a horror story. Though as quickly the cries of agony stopped.
The figure suddenly appeared in front of the only Iwa shinobi that was alive. The Iwa shinobi looked at the battlefield and was stunned, he realized he might just be the only Iwa shinobi alive.
"Well your comrades are dead and you are the only one alive. You clearly know why, so spit it out." Said the mysterious figure coldly.
"Ha! Fuck you Konoha scum I won't say anything no matter what you do to me!" yelled the Iwa shinobi trying to act tough. "You tree huggers will also be beneath us" But his bravado didn't last for long. The moment he looked up at the mysterious figure he froze.
Seeing this the other Konoha shinobi who were watching everything in awe also looked at Iwa shinobi intently trying to figure out why he suddenly went silent.
"N-no! Why did they send you, you devil?!" Exclaimed the now terrified Iwa shinobi. He suddenly started laughing hysterically "I should've known! That blood red hair!Those jutsu and the different weapons you are wielding! You're-"
"Hey, I think he lost it." whispered someone among the Konoha shinobi.
"Well I'm not surprised seeing as the shinobi he's facing is terrifying" said another Konoha shinobi.
"Why though? I know this guy seems freakishly strong but what could warrant such a reaction?" questioned another Konoha shinobi
"Because he's-" said the Captain, listening to his fellow shinobi's conversation. Now the other Konoha shinobi leaned in wanting to know who the Captain is talking about.
""-Sengi no Satoru!"" Said both at the same time.
A/n: This is my first time writing a fanfic so the pacing, flow and overall writing might seem clunky. Which is where you guys come in! Yay! You guys can help me by reviewing the chapter and letting me know what I could improve upon. Criticism regarding the writing style is welcomed with open hands.
This will be a learning experience for me and there will be many differences from canon.
The story starts before Naruto's birth and I shaped my timeline with the help from Seelentau's timeline. Though even that isn't perfect. I had to sit and think for a good few hours to come up with a somewhat believable timeline.
Most of the tropes are going to be out of the norm. Hated characters may get redeemable quality and I'll try my best to portray my MC's growth both in strength and social skills.